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The Supervisor growled and shoved me aside. “I told the guard I was not to be disturbed! I swear, unless another riot has broken out—”
And he yanked the door open, revealing the Lead Guard.
Ohara.
My heart leaped at the sight of him. If anyone would save me, it was him. I don’t know how he discovered where I was, and I didn’t care. He was here now, and he would do something.
“Well?” the Supervisor barked. “What is it?”
Ohara kept staring at me, perturbed by what he’d seen. Me lying on the sofa, my clothes disheveled and in disarray. He turned his visor to the Supervisor.
“Well?” he said. “I’m waiting.”
“It’s… Druin,” Ohara said.
“Who?” the Supervisor said, agitated.
“Druin. The new leader of the Ssixarian crime syndicate.”
“And?”
“And…” Ohara turned in my direction and took a moment to take me in. “It’s of a… personal nature.”
“I’m right in the middle of something of a personal nature,” the Supervisor spat. “Is it urgent? Can’t it wait until later?”
“No, sir,” Ohara said. “I’m afraid it must be discussed right away.”
The Supervisor sighed audibly and waved Ohara in. “Very well, very well, let’s hear it.”
Ohara glanced over at me on the sofa. “It’s… best prying ears don’t overhear.”
The Supervisor waved his hands and shooed me away as if I were an annoying fly. “All right, all right, be gone with you. We’ll speak again later.”
I was up in an instant and hustled for the door, casting a look over my shoulder at my savior, my fated mate, Ohara. I hoped he hadn’t just gotten himself in serious trouble for my sake.
Then it occurred to me. His coming here was getting himself into serious trouble. If anything happened to him because of me, because he came here to rescue me…
I wasn’t sure I could ever forgive myself.
I hurried back to the Prize Pool, my body shaking. We had to get out of this place. We had to escape.
The alternative was too terrifying to consider.
34
OHARA
The deal was done.
Druin had negotiated surprisingly well, insisting on many things that, if I really had been the Lead Guard, I never would have agreed to. But I needed him to accept my proposal.
He would have exclusive access to all areas of the prison to conduct his illicit business in exchange for allowing the guards to use his import ring to export whatever we wanted with no questions.
I made it sound like we would begin using the inmates to manufacture goods but I left it open-ended. I didn’t care what he thought the new Supervisor was up to — he wasn’t going to do it anyway — but I needed him to believe it was a possibility.
Druin stood up, leaned over the table, and extended his scarred hand toward me. I hated that I would have to shake the hand of the creature that had harmed Lily, but it was unavoidable.
Still, a part of me couldn’t help but almost feel sorry for the beast.
